Under-reach: Gov. Chris Christie says senate seat ‘too important’ for him to make an appointment

Well, that settles that. GOP Gov. Chris Christie (who also happens to have an ongoing bromance with President Obama) will name neither a Republican nor a Democrat (nor Geraldo Rivera) to New Jersey’s now-vacant senate seat. Instead, the state will hold a special election in October to fill the seat left by the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

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Christie today said that “the issues facing the Senate are too important and too vital not to have an elected representative” fill the seat. Christie was perfectly within his rights to name a replacement, but he’s waiving that right, along with what was left of his credibility with conservatives.

So sounds like I am no longer alone in the Chris-Christie-is-dead-to-me club.